Furrow guide type weeder



Jan. 16, 1951 F. RADA 2,5

FURROW GUIDE TYPE WEEDER Filed Aug. 25, 1946 2 Sheets-Sheet l I I 20 3 l9 I/n'eutm 4 30 Ffa'm Qada 5am 191 F. RADA 2,53,75'

FURROW GUIDE TYPE WEEDER Filed Aug. 25, 1946 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventor {Fw /r Fan a Patented Jan. 16, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT ()IFFICE.

marrow GUIDE TYPE'W-EEDlE-R Frank Rada, Big. Sandy, Mont. Application August 23, 1946, sen-aim. 692,448

This invention relates to improvements in furrow drill weeders.

Ari-object of the invention is to provide an improved furrow drill'weeder including a pluralityof V-shapeddragshoes, each of which is formed by a .pair of plates hinged together and adapted to be drawn alon-gxin .furrows with the bottom of the V. downin the furrow, or in .re-

versedposition withtheibottom .of the V uppermost.

Another'object of the invention is to provide an improved furrow drill weeder for weeding be ends I to an evener. bar, which in turn. will be pulled either bya truck or tractor.

A furtherobject of the invention is to provide an improved furrow drill weederfor weeding between wheat rows; the sameinoluding a plurality of inverted drag shoes formed by hinging a pair of pates together, and being provided with soil or dirt breaking spikes held in rigid position by means of adjustable cross braces.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved furrow drill weeder comprising a plurality of inverted V-shaped drag shoes comprising hinged sections held together by adjustable cross braces and supporting cross ground engaging drag chains, said drag shoes being connected by chains to a wheeled evener bar, which in turn will be pulled by a truck or tractor.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved. furrow drill weeder which will be highly efiicient in operation, and relatively inexpensive to manufacture and produce.

Other objects will appear as the description proceeds.

In the accompanying drawings which form a part of this application,

Figure l. is a plan view of the improved furrow drill weeder showing two drag shoes attached to a wheeled evener bar;

Figure 2 is a partial sectional view taken on the line 2--2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a plan view of the drag shoes disposed in upside down position with dirt breaking spikes in position thereon, and Figure 4 is a partial sectional view taken on the line l-@ of Figure 3.

Like characters of reference are used throughout the following specification and. the accompanying drawings to designate corresponding r s- Y In carrying out the invention, there is provided an improved furrow drilled weeder. comprising a 5-..Claims. (Cl.;97--143) at its opposite ends.

2. plurality of drag shoes generally designatedifby the reference numeral 1.

Each drag shoe comprises a'pair'ofxcooperating elongated plates .2 ands, which are hinged-together at 4 at their adjacent :edges to form a:-\I-

shaped shoe, andiare formed with the oppositely disposed slots 5-Iand 6 through which the locking bolts 'I extend to also extend through thes-U- shaped :1crossed reinforcing ties or 132,1 5.13 :-to.i-'hold the hinged plates 2 ."and 3 in the'desiredangeular adjustment and in the aforementionedN -shape.

The drag chains 'iilwillbesecured to the outer surfacest'ofthesiplates ;2 and L3, which will beaconnected to a'cross'chain i l-at their forward fiends, and'they in "turn will be connected by theforwardlyextending *drag'chains 1-2 with the evener bar 3 which is provided with the guide wheels"! 4 A tongue l'5 will be connected with the centralportion of the evener b'ar t3 and will be braced bythe 'brace rods-ta ponnected therewith and with the opposite ends of said evener bar l3.

It is intended that the tongue l5 be connected with a truck or tractor (not shown) for pulling the furrow drill weeder, the same being attached in any desired manner with the apertures I! formed in the forward end of said tongue.

In Figures 1 and 2 the drag shoes are shown with the hinges lowermost to be dragged in the furrows of either side of the wheat rows. However, in Figures 3 and 4, the drag shoes are shown in inverted position with the dirt breaking spikes I8 extending through the plates 2 and 3 to cultivate and loosen the dirt or soil at the opposite sides of the wheat rows. Similar cross chains M will be connected at the opposite ends of the drag shoes and may be attached to the evener bar in a similar manner as the drag bars when in the position shown in Figures 1 and 2.

Removable hinge pins [9 will extend lengthwise through apertures in the hinge plate members 20.

From the foregoing description, it will be apparent that there has been provided a highly efficient form of furrow drill weeder which may be pulled along the furrows between wheat rows eitherwith the v-shaped drag shoes in upright or in upside down positions.

While the preferred embodiment of the instant invention has been illustrated and described, it will be understood that it is not intended to limit the scope of the invention thereto, as many minor changes in detail of construction may be resorted to without departure from the spirit of the mventi'orl.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A drag shoe for a furrow drill weeder com prising a pair of side plates having a hinge connection at a pair of adjacent edges of the plates, whereby the plates are disposable selectively in two positions, in V-shape in a furrow and in inverted V-shape straddling a row, a U-shaped bracing bar adjustable connected between said side plates in each of said positions, and soil pulverizing means carried by said side plates.

2. A drag shoe for a furrow drill weeder comprising a pair of side plates having a hinge connection at a pair of adjacent edges of the plates, whereby the plates are disposable selectively in two positions, in V-shape in a furrow and in inverted V-shape straddling a row, a U-shaped bracing bar adjustably connected between said side plates in each of said positions, and drag chains secured to and between the end portions of said plates remote from said hinge connection.

3. A drag shoe for a furrow drill weeder comprising a pair of side plates having a hinge connection at a pair of adjacent edges of the plates, whereby the plates are disposable selectively in two positions, in V-shape in a furrow and in inverted V-shape straddling a row, means for securing the side plates in each of said positions, and soil pulverizing means carried by each of said plates.

4. A drag shoe for a furrow drill weeder comprising a pair of side plates having a hinge connection at a pair of adjacent edges of the plates, whereby the plates are disposable selectively in two positions, in V-shape in a furrow and in inverted V-shape straddling a row, means for securing the side plates in each of said positions, and soil pulverizing means carried by each of said plates, said soil pulverizing means comprismg drag chains secured to and between the end portions of the said plates remote from said hinge connection and spikes secured to and extending outwardly from one corresponding pair of sur- 5 faces of said plates.

5. A drag shoe for a furrow drill weeder comprising a pair of side plates having a hinge connection at a pair of adjacent edges of the plates, whereby the plates are disposable selectively in m two positions, in V-shape in a furrow and in inverted V-shape straddling a row, brace means for securing the said plates in said two positions, and spikes secured to said plates and extending from one pair of corresponding surfaces of said plates and comprising soil pulverizing means.

FRANK RADA.

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